''Regesta Norvegica'' is a

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inventory of all known documents relating to the history of

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during the

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. The series contains summaries in modern Norwegian of medieval documents concerning Norway and Norwegian affairs.

History

Gustav Storm Gustav Storm (18 June 1845 – 23 February 1903) was a Norwegians, Norwegian historian, a professor at the University of Oslo, Royal Frederick University in Oslo, Christiania from 1877. He was a driving force in the research of Scandinavian ...

(1845 – 1903) first published ''Regesta Norvegica'' in 1898. It contained 630

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, and covered the years 991–1263.

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in Christiania. His area of focus was the research of Scandinavian history">Oslo">Christiania. His area of focus was the research of Scandinavian history and literature of the

. In 1966, work began on a new edition. A committee was established and responsibility for the first volumes was given to the Norwegian universities. Later, for volumes VI and onwards, the responsibility was transferred to ''Norsk Historisk Kjeldeskriftinstitutt''. In 1991 this institute was integrated as a separate department of the National Archives of Norway (''Riksarkivet''). So far nine volumes are published, covering the years 822–1419. Two further volumes are in progress: Part X (1420–1430) and XI (1431–1440). When completed the series is expected to cover the whole medieval period of Norwegian history. * Part I, 1989. * Part II, 1978. * Part III, 1983 * Part IV, 1979 * Part V, 1979. * Part VI, 1993 * Part VII, 1998 * Part VIII, 2006 * Part IX, 2010 *Part X, 2015

Dokumentasjonsprosjektet

Volumes I–X of ''Regesta Norvegica'' are digitized and freely accessible, created in cooperation between the National Archives of Norway and Enhet for Digital Dokumentasjon (''Dokumentasjonsprosjektet''), University of Oslo. Dokumentasjonsprosjektet is a collaboration between the humanities at the

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University of Trondheim The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

and

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway a ...

with the aim of using modern computer technology to provide access to collections of languages and culture in Norway. The purpose has been to make universities' collections of language and culture digitally available.

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